Where does “သစ်တော” come from?
သစ်တော (Burmese) comes from Burmese သစ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan siŋ ~ sik — tree; wood.
သစ်တော (Burmese): forest
Ancestry of “သစ်တော”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Burmese | သစ် | wood, timber; new; leopard |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | siŋ ~ sik | tree; wood |